Last year I said, "Here's to hoping 2018 will be a more compassionate caring and empathic world then the one we've experienced in 2017".
Yeah well we all know how well that turned out.
This year I have two words each of us should think about...
Personal Responsibility
Years ago when I attended what was then 'Central Jr. High' it's principle Carroll Parks had those two words plastered in every classroom. He also instructed teachers to explain what this meant. I think it was as good a lesson back then and it is now. What I would like everyone reading this to ponder is what those two words mean to you. For me it means... In 2018 a lot of the misery was based on peoples refusal to accept reasonability. It was a year filled with all kinds of finger pointing ranging from politics to road rage. Neither you nor I can change the world. What each of us can do is change our attitudes towards adversity. If we can't even manage changing ourselves how could we ever expect to change the world?
Realistically I don't expect next year to be different then the last but it's still worth repeating Michael Jackson's message over and over again in the hopes one day his words may finally sink in.
Invariably some fool will comment here questioning what did MJ ever do for anyone?
Here's Your Answer!-- "He reportedly was listed in the 2000 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for “Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star.” The number was 39."
AND HERE-- "In 1984, Jackson equiped a 19-bed-unit at Mount Senai New York Medical Center. This center is part of the T.J. Martell-Foundation for leukemia and cancer research. Later in the year, he visited the Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated when he was burned very badly during the producing of a Pepsi commercial. He donated all the money he received from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael Jackson Burn Center for Children.
In 1986, he set up the “Michael Jackson United Negro College Fund Endowed Scholarship Fund”. This $1.5 million fund is aimed towards students majoring in performance art and communications, with money given each year to students attending a UNCF member college or university.
He donated the proceeds from the sales of The Man In The Mirror to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer from cancer.
Jackson donated tickets to shows in is 1989 Bad Tour to underprivileged children. The proceeds from one of his shows in Los Angeles were donated to Childhelp USA, the biggest charity-organization against child-abuse. Childhelp of Southern California then established the “Michael Jackson International Institute for Research On Child Abuse”.
In 1992, he established the Heal The World Foundation, whose work has included airlifting 6 tons of supplies to Sarajevo, instituting drug and alcohol abuse education and donating millions of dollars to less fortunate children."
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Invariably some fool will comment here questioning what did MJ ever do for anyone?
ReplyDeleteHere's Your Answer!-- "He reportedly was listed in the 2000 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for “Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star.” The number was 39."
AND HERE-- "In 1984, Jackson equiped a 19-bed-unit at Mount Senai New York Medical Center. This center is part of the T.J. Martell-Foundation for leukemia and cancer research. Later in the year, he visited the Brotman Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated when he was burned very badly during the producing of a Pepsi commercial. He donated all the money he received from Pepsi, $1.5 million, to the Michael Jackson Burn Center for Children.
In 1986, he set up the “Michael Jackson United Negro College Fund Endowed Scholarship Fund”. This $1.5 million fund is aimed towards students majoring in performance art and communications, with money given each year to students attending a UNCF member college or university.
He donated the proceeds from the sales of The Man In The Mirror to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer from cancer.
Jackson donated tickets to shows in is 1989 Bad Tour to underprivileged children. The proceeds from one of his shows in Los Angeles were donated to Childhelp USA, the biggest charity-organization against child-abuse. Childhelp of Southern California then established the “Michael Jackson International Institute for Research On Child Abuse”.
In 1992, he established the Heal The World Foundation, whose work has included airlifting 6 tons of supplies to Sarajevo, instituting drug and alcohol abuse education and donating millions of dollars to less fortunate children."